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Whatever you think about Brexit, the threat from Isis, a potential economic downturn or Donald Trump’s America, one thing is surely true: we live in uncertain times.

And the more uncertain the world is, the harder people have to work to ensure that their business is protected from any threat - physical or economic. None more so perhaps than the commercial property sector.

Buildings are on the front line of the economy: they often take years to complete meaning its difficult to know what the market might look like when they are finished, and leasing agreements are signed for 15 or 25 years. It is essential that companies know what they might be facing.